SynthesisPsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2014
Prevalence of mental illnesses in US State prisons: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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114 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 434 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mobile crisis effectiveness: a systematic review and associated functions and forms framework.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Mental Disorders Among Mothers in Contact with the Criminal Justice System: A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis.Community mental health journal · 2024Pooled it
- Common mental disorders and associated factors among Ethiopian prisoners: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Feasibility of recruiting in prisons during a randomized controlled trial with people with serious mental illness.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2023Trial
- A Randomized Trial of Specialty Mental Health Probation: Measuring Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes.Administration and policy in mental health · 2022Trial
- Preliminary efficacy and mediators of interpersonal psychotherapy for reducing posttraumatic stress symptoms in an incarcerated population.Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research · 2020Trial
- Does a history of violent offending impact treatment response for comorbid PTSD and substance use disorders? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- Changes in Depression and Stress after Release from a Tobacco-Free Prison in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Trial
- US jail and prison institutional research policies: a lever in access to research for incarcerated people.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- Police and Behavioral Health Professionals' Experiences with a Hybrid Co-response Approach to Mental Health Crisis Intervention: Qualitative Findings.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2026Article
- The Outcome Evaluation and Impact of Tele-mentoring Prison Medical Officers in Primary Care Psychiatry: A Model from Bihar, India.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Article
- "There Needs To Be More People Sharing That Information Across the Nation": Opportunities to Promote HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Uptake among People Releasing from Jail or Prison.Research square · 2026Article
- Patterns of court-ordered behavioral health evaluations among extreme risk protection order respondents in Washington State.Injury epidemiology · 2026Article
- Reintegration programmes for people with severe mental illnesses released from correctional institutions: systematic review.BJPsych open · 2026Review
- Medical Student Reflections on a Prison Psychiatric Experience: A Qualitative Analysis.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026Article
- US State Policy Contexts and Mental Health Among Working-Age Adults.The Milbank quarterly · 2026Article
- Mental health treatment experiences before, during, and after incarceration: Perspectives of formerly incarcerated Black men.Psychological services · 2026Article
- Factors associated with rearrest by police among people suspected of an offence and referred for psychiatric assessment: a comparison within a post-booking diversion program in Amsterdam.BMC psychiatry · 2026Observational
- Exploring Treatment Completion and Participant Feedback in an Adapted Intervention among Incarcerated Men with Mental Illness.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Comparing undergraduates' stigma toward peers with criminal records and mental health disorders.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Two federal reports dating from 1999 and 2006 are by far the most widely cited sources for the prevalence of mental illness among persons in U.S. jails and prisons. To provide a broader picture of the issue, the author undertook a systematic review of 28 articles published between 1989 and 2013. Not only did the review confirm the high prevalence of mental illnesses among prisoners, it identified a litany of health problems associated with the incarceration of persons with mental illness and profound difficulties in finding housing and employment after release.
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